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We've got time for two questions from the u.s. press, two questions from the afghan press. and so i will start with mark noeler of cbs radio. where is mark? there he is. >> gentlemen, it sounds from your statements as though you've been able to put aside the tensions and frictions that were in evidence a month or so ago. can you tell us if you discussed those concerns that were raised at that time? and have you figured out how the relationship may have come off the tracks, and mr. president, let me ask you about the talk about the new prime minister of the united kingdom yesterday. are you wor...

Hamid karzai was wounded by that and he reacted in a way that damaged the u.s. relationship with afghanistan. for political consumption the white house says hamid karzai did make that threat. never taken seriously here, but he said if you keep laying on me i might join the taliban or i might think about that. all that led the white house to dramatically shift the way the issues are being presented publicly. now it's all about diplomatic buttering up. this is prime diplomatic real estate for any head of state. he can say to the world, i was in the east room with the president of the united stat...